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Old 08-16-2010
Copy last modified directory from path using Perl
Hi
I need to copy last modified directory from path /users/bin to be copied to /tmp in a perl script ...somehow my script is not allowing me to do cd /users/bin.


i have tried
Code:
$dir = `find /users/bin -maxdepth 1 -type d -mtime 0 `
cp -R $dir /tmp/new

but it says missing destination file

regards
shaveta

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Old 08-16-2010
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Originally Posted by shaveta
...
i have tried
Code:
$dir = `find /users/bin -maxdepth 1 -type d -mtime 0 `
cp -R $dir /tmp/new

but it says missing destination file

...
That's because "cp -R" is a shell command that you are trying to use, as is, inside a Perl program.

You'll have to use Perl's system() command or the backticks to run a shell command in Perl.

Code:
system("cp -R $dir /tmp/new");

or -

Code:
`cp -R $dir /tmp/new`;

Or if you want a pure Perl implementation, then use the dircopy subroutine of the File::Copy::Recursive Perl module.

tyler_durden
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